Carcinomas occur when the DNA of a cell is damaged or altered and the cell begins to grow uncontrollably and become malignant. It is from the Greek ÎºÎ±ÏÎºÎ¯Î½ÏÎ¼Î± 'karkinoma' meaning sore, ulcer, or cancer, itself derived from karkinos 'crab'.
Service Driven By Integrity and Professionalism. Carter County covers an area of about 500 square miles and is located in the Ozark Highlands of Missouri. Approximately half of the six thousand county residents live in the small municipalities of Van Buren, Ellsinore, Grandin, Hunter and Fremont. The remaining residents are dispersed throughout the mostly remote rural areas of the county.
Paradise Cemetery Jasper County, Missouri. Paradise Cemetery is a large rural cemetery located 3 miles south of the intersection of US 71 and Route H at Jasper, Mo. The cemetery receives perpetual care and has a sign on the gate. There are lots of new burials in the east half of the cemetery, but the west half is composed mainly of older graves going back to the 1870s or earlier.